The Official Newspaper for Foster County
The Official Newspaper for Foster County
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12 Years Ago December 25, 1947 Publication of a Carrington publicity pamphlet in January is one of the projects of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, members of which studied a draft of the pamphlet at a meeting of the organization last Thursday evening. With a loss and a win thus far in the season the combined Veterans independent basketball team has ten more home games scheduled, the next scheduled game being against Jamestown here. The first game was lost to McHenry 38 to 33, but the Vets...
12 Years Ago December 18, 1947 A motor fire in the Woodrow Topp car parked on Main Street here Tuesday forenoon was quickly extinguished by fire Chief F.K. Wheeler, who used a hand operated extinguisher. The car was damaged slightly. It was fortunate the fire did not make headway for a baby was sleeping in the backseat of the car. Officers elected at the annual meeting of the congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church on Thursday of last week were E.A. Roach, president; Sylvan Lee, trustee; Harold...
12 Years Ago December 11, 1947 Eileen Zink was named honorary chief of the fire department during ceremonies at the Firemen’s carnival held last Friday evening at the armory. She won the honor by virtue of receiving the highest number of votes in the contest which was conducted during the month of November and up to 6 p.m. last Friday. The other four girls in the contest, listed in order of final number of votes, Joanne Putnam, Betty Froelich, Phyllis Nysted and Lois Indergaard, were the q...
12 Years Ago December 4, 1947 Since last Thursday, the Carrington Fire Department was called to two fires, one in the Sylvan Lee home at midnight Thanksgiving Day, and the other in the A.D. Matheny building on Main Street Monday at about 11 a.m. The Carrington High School Cardinals met their second straight defeat at New Rockford Tuesday night, losing to the Rockets 24 to 21 in a ragged contest which saw the Cardinals make a pitiful showing in the first half. Coming back in the second half the...
12 Years Ago November 27, 1947 Opening the season at McClusky Tuesday night, the Carrington High School cardinal basketball team was defeated 37 - 27 by the McClusky High School quintet. Mrs. L.E. Greitl, Carrington, will be delegate from Foster County to the North Dakota Homemakers council meeting at NDAC December 2 to 4 for the annual conference on homemakers club programs and activities for the year. Mrs. Irvin Huff, Mrs. J.J. Held and Mrs. Jacob Haas entertained 19 guests at a bridal shower...
12 Years Ago November 20, 1947 Attending a district rally at Jamestown last Saturday were members of the newly organized Future Homemakers of America chapter of Carrington High School and their advisor, Miss Madelyn Johnson, and Miss Sylvia Aafedt, commerce instructor. Delegates to Jamestown were Joanne Putnam, president; Judy Thiesen, local secretary and district treasurer; Alto Albus, district historian; Jean Haas, district song leader; Carol Footitt and Mary Hayashi. Standings in the contest...
12 Years Ago November 13, 1947 Winter took hold in the Carrington community Tuesday, when a 2-inch snowfall was recorded here, to break the long spell of unusually mild weather. Nevertheless, this section of the country was not treated as roughly as other places, especially Minnesota where a snowstorm raged last week. The snow brought cold weather, too, the lowest temperature recorded being 3 degrees below zero, on Wed. morning. Mrs. Mike Hoffman, Glenfield, 35, died Fri. in the New Rockford hos...
12 Years Ago November 6, 1947 Sale of registered Polled Shorthorns last Friday at the first annual North Dakota sale sponsored by the state Polled Shorthorn Breeder Association, held in the fairgrounds barns Carrington, grossed $13,365, for the 40 lots consigned. Everything but the weather was perfect for the Carrington High School homecoming day last Friday, and even the weather didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the students and alumni. A large crowd of high school students and alumni attended th...
12 Years Ago November 3, 1947 At a meeting called by Supt. Stienstra at Kensal and attended by school administrators from Bordulac, Sutton, Pingree, Glenfield, Courtenay and Wimbledon, an athletic conference was organized which will be known as the “Little Seven Conference.” The purpose of the meeting and the organizing was to promote athletics of all kinds and foster friendly relations among schools and pupils. The officers elected for the first year were Supt. L.L. Evans of Glenfield, presiden...
12 Years Ago October 30, 1947 Election of officers for 1948 and discussion on civic projects and other events took place at the regular weekly meeting of the Kiwanis club held Wednesday at Rainbow Gardens, with Pres. H.C. Duntly presiding. Outcome of the election placed the following men in Kiwanis club offices; president: J.A. Gilje, vice president: B.A, Schmidt, treasurer: John Dick and directors: H.C. Duntly, C.H. Hunstad, Sylvan Lee, G.F. Stewart, Herman Kraus, C.W. Burnham and C.W. Oder....
12 Years Ago October 23, 1947 Large scale production of the Steinman Improved Swather will get underway this fall and winter after the construction of a new building on the west side of the present headquarters of the Steinman Improved Swather Manufacturing Co. (Foster County Vulcanizing and Repair Shop), of which Leo E. Steinman is proprietor. At the last meeting of the Central North Dakota Schoolmaster’s club at New Rockford, the group heard an address by Don Holland, a member of the staff o...
12 Years Ago October 16, 1947 Personality, poise, scholarship and activities will be the criteria upon which 14 University of North Dakota girls will be judged for Homecoming queen, Dorothy Hanson, Grand Forks, chairman, announced. Among the candidates is Mary K. Nicolson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Nicholson, Carrington. Injured in a plowing accident on Tuesday of last week. C.W. Conklin, farmer northwest of Carrington, was making improvement this week although still confined to his bed; but...
12 Years Ago October 9, 1947 Mrs. Edith Edinger and Mrs. Gladys Westerlund are the new proprietors of the Club Café, having purchased the business from Ralph Law as of October 1. Mrs. L.E. Greitl of Carrington was elected president of the Foster County Homemakers Council at a meeting held recently. Elected vice-president was Mrs. Leslie Ferguson and secretary-treasurer Mrs. George Golz of Bordulac. Attending the district Rebekah meeting at Valley City Tuesday from Carrington were Mrs. Ardell...
12 Years Ago October 2, 1947 The Carrington High School Cardinals opened the football season on the home field, under lights Friday night, by defeating the Rockets of New Rockford 19 - 0. The Cardinal line held the Rockets back, only once allowing the visitors to come within 5 yards of the goal line. The Cardinal scores were made in the second, third and fourth quarters. All Carrington Hospital drive funds from the city of Carrington are to be turned in at a meeting of solicitors tonight, it...
12 Years Ago September 25, 1947 Foster County’s new fairground buildings were dedicated “to the future growth of 4-H work, to the building back of North Dakota’s livestock and to the young people interested in the development of agriculture,” when a dedicatory program was held Tuesday afternoon during the Foster County Junior Fair. A baby boy was born September 19 at Carrington Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Morlock, Sykeston. Rev. E.D. Nelson is the new pastor in the Carrington Church...
12 Years Ago September 18, 1947 Under the coaching of Earl Logue, Carrington High School’s football season is set to open Sept. 26, in a home game against New Rockford. Nine returning lettermen will form the bulwark of Coach Logue’s team. Of this number, however, only two boys remain from the 1946 backfield. They are Keith Kahl and Earl Greatsinger. The returning line includes Wes Hanson, Roger Engberg, Gordon Turner, Montel Romine, Tom Cousins, Bill Fruhwirth and Eddie Reisnour. Russell Tho...
12 Years Ago September 11, 1947 Next week during Hospital Appreciation Week in Carrington, a drive will be held for the purpose of raising funds for a new hospital to be connected to the present Carrington Hospital. Construction of a new building to house the Carrington Bottling Works, A.M. and J.C. Dybwad proprietors, was begun this week on lots on the east side of the city. The new structure to be made of cement blocks, will be 50 feet by 80 feet, one story. Maynard Busch is the contractor on...
12 Years Ago September 4, 1947 Lightning played an odd prank at the farm of John Van Hulzen, northwest of Woodworth, on the morning of Tuesday, August 26, John and his brother had driven the cows in for the morning milking. Lightning struck the barn and killed two of the cows in the stalls. The men who were milking at the time were unharmed although the cows they were milking fell to the floor, only to recover shortly. Effective September 1, Sylvan Lee, formerly a partner in the Beck-Lee...
12 Years Ago August 28, 1947 Phyllis Smith left for San Francisco Tuesday this week to represent the Pheasant Valley Seventh-day Adventist church at the North American Youth’s Congress which opens September 3rd for a four day session at San Francisco Civic Auditorium. Mrs. Marie C. Owens of Bordulac and C.I. Owens of Bakersfield, Calif have announced the engagement of their daughter Patricia Ann and John E. Winegarden, Jr., of Ankeny, Iowa. A student at the University of Iowa the past year, M...
12 Years Ago August 21, 1947 Gasoline dealers of Carrington are faced with a problem which is facing every dealer throughout the nation - shortages of gasoline. While the situation at present is not serious, prospects for future supplies are vague. New Rockford will hold an invitational water meet Sunday, August 24th, commencing at 2:30 p.m. under the sponsorship of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the city park board of New Rockford. This meet commemorates the tenth anniversary of the city...
12 Years Ago August 14, 1947 Recent births included: Aug. 7 - boy to Mr and Mrs. James Patrie, Heaton; Aug. 10 - boy to Mr and Mrs. Joe Stahl, Sykeston, girl to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bjerke, Sykeston; Aug. 12 - girl to Mr and Mrs. Fred Auwinger, Carrington. Capt. A.A. Paulson and Lieut. Walter Engstrom of the Carrington Co. F. National Guard company spent Saturday and Sunday in Devils Lake at an officers’ school. All of the national guard officers of the state were there to lecture and drill the c...
12 Years Ago August 7, 1947 Dissolution of the partnership of H.O. Beck and Sylvan Lee, operating under the firm name of Beck-Lee Grocery, was announced August 1. Through this transaction, Beck became sole owner of the store. Betty Smith, daughter of Mrs. A.J. Smith of Carrington, John D. Miller, son of Mrs. John D. Miller of McHenry and Sylvia Radke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Radke, Carrington, are included on the dean’s honor list, recently released by Jamestown College. Personal c...
12 Years Ago July 31, 1947 A midget Hereford calf was sold last week by Keith Stedman to James Heron of the Northwest Wildlife Show. Stedman received $200 for the animal. The calf, 18 months old, weighed 400 pounds and was 32 inches high. It failed to grow normally, and Stedman hit upon the idea of selling the animal to a wildlife show which was making the fairs of the state. New district manager here for the Woodmen Accident Company is Donald A. Hess, formerly of Antler, N.D. He came to...
12 Years Ago July 24, 1947 A novelty is in store for baseball fans on Friday evening of this week when “donkey” baseball will be played on the Carrington field. The game is called for 6:30 p.m. Friday, at the west side diamond. The game will be played between the single men and married men of the city. Each player will ride a donkey, and all plays must be executed as the player is astride his animal. Their studies over and drills completed, members of the Carrington Fire Department’s first aid c...
12 Years Ago July 17, 1947 Bike riding at night should be safer for 96 riders in Carrington since the “Scotch-lite” clinic was conducted here Tuesday under auspices of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The reflective stripping was taped onto all the 96 bikes register, white stripes on the front and red behind. Each person whose bike was registered automatically became a member of the Junior Chamber Bicycle Club. “Ten Little Indians” is the play which the John Raymond O’Hara post of the American...
